Tuesday, September 25, 2007
I shall inform readers first, this is an angry post.
LAMBAST
You earn what you work for.
Utter, and I mean UTTER bullshit when it comes to a minority, from what i ve seen, could possibly be 'majority' too, of the elderly. The respect we are supposed to honour you with, what have you done to actually deserve that? From living decades longer than us?
For those of you who might think I am on some random provocative mood, let me tell you what happened to me yesterday. I was totally.. furious.
Old Ah Pek No.1.I was seated next to this young lady on a bus which was, to some extent pretty full. But yea, there were still vacant seats around. There was one, next to the girl I was sitting next to. He squeezed himself onto the sit albeit in a rather crude manner. Not the issue. As bus trip got longer, common sense would tell you more people boarded the bus. It started to get a little crampy. Girl beside me decided to alight. Old Ah Pek decided to place his tiny weeny bag on the now vacant seat, depriving anyone any chance of placing their bums there. Considerate Act No. 1. I ll stop with Old Ah Pek No. 1 right now. There s more to his actions..
In between Old Ah Pek's inconsiderate acts, booom booom, Old Ah Ma/Rich Tai Tai came in.
Old Ah Ma/Rich Tai TaiI decided to give my seat up for one elderly malay woman as Old Ah Pek still decided to ignore everyone's needs. As a result, I was pushed further and further into the standing commuters. Old Ah Ma/Rich Tai Tai boarded the bus. Pushed everyone one around, and I was pretty sure she was trying to truffle my feathers but constantly nudging me in the back, an action which probably meant 'excuse me i wanna get through'. PEOPLE WERE ALIGHTING, WHY THE HELL DID YOU NEED TO TRY AND SQUEEZE THROUGH? Nevermind, I beared the incessant nudges and kept quiet. This lady seated to my right need to alight the bus. She got up and spent some time before she managed to alight the bus. Just as the lady was alighting the bus, THIS Old Ah Ma/Rich Tai Tai PUSHED ME TO ONE SIDE, AND SQUEEZED THROUGH PEOPLE, BOOOOOOKED HER FUCKING SEAT BY PLACING HER TWO FLABBY ARMS ON THE SEAT. What else happened later on, anyone could guess. Before she placed her butt on it, she gave it two huge slaps to 'disperse' whatever heat there was. And next, she shouted at her maid, holding on to KFC takeaways, and told her to get a seat at the back and whatever whatever ya da ya da. Old Ah Ma/Rich Tai Tai, go get a cab for your own comfort, and spare us of your so irritating nudges and inconsiderate behaviour.
Back to Old Ah Pek No. 1,Yes you inconsiderate bastard, I have not yet forgotten you.
My stop was reaching, and that was coincidentally his stop too. He got up, brushed past people, and pushed me. I was getting down at the same stop too, and my bodily behaviour made it very apparent. I even exaggeratted my movement to make it clearer for him. Still he pushed. And he pushed. The door opened. My foot was halfway going onto the alighting steps already. He squeezed his bloody arm right under my armpit and tried to displace me, so that he could alight. I tell you, ah. I totally BUAY TA HAN ed already okay. I stomped my foot, blocked him totally. Got down, turned and stared at him. He didnt notice it though. Fucking inconsiderate guy.
I was fuming. And even the drizzle did nothing to help my mood.
It reminded me of the times I worked as an observor, and was posted to a coffeeshop at red hill, which was hugely populated by the elderly. I could count DOZENS of old men, just sitting down and littering the floor with ciggs an hour or less. And that was within the a range of ten tables. The old ladies didnt associate themselves with ciggs ma, they disposed of tissue packs as if they were donating money to the masses.
Yiliang just showed me youtube video of an elderly auntie vigourously digging her nose for 49 whole seconds in the MRT. Regardless of the commuters entering and exitting, she went on digging. And flicked it around. Just youtube the title 'hardcore nose digging auntie' and it ll probably get you the video.
Now what have the majority of these elderly people done to gain whatever respect we ARE SUPPOSED to have for them? Such incredulous behaviour, am I not appalled and disgusted?
I say, why dont you old dudes earn it yourself.
P.S.: I am definitely not stereotyping old people here. I presented my case with real life experiences and I reiterate, this post is not directed to the awesome and good old folk around.
4:50 AM
